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 For the last 2 years, I have been reading posts about how people have found Mercury dimes in circulation. Unfortunately, I was never able to post any finds until today. This afternoon, I finally found a Mercury dime. Around 1pm, I was leaving my Psychology class at college. When I came out of the building I realized that I just missed the shuttle. So I thought I would just walk to my car which is about 15 minutes away. About 7 minutes into my walk I saw a dirty dime on the sidewalk, so I picked it up. I brushed off some dirt and discovered it was a 1941 Mercury dime. I was pleasantly surprised. I know it isn't worth much, but I can finally say I found a Mercury dime.   Although, It makes me wonder what it was doing, lying in the middle of the sidewalk.  
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It pays to look around now a days congrats on the find.  |
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Nice find!
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Valued Member
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congrats on the find. My only found merc is a 1944 I dug outa the dirt in a playground.
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Bedrock of the Community
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That is what you call a strolling find.
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Pillar of the Community
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Believe it or not, I had the same thing happen to me ca. 2001. Always an awesome surprise. Congrads!
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Valued Member
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It makes me wonder exactly how long that dime has been sitting there. Perhaps someone dropped one when they were celebrating the end of the war in Europe. (Hey, It's possible.  ) Edited by JOE
02/15/2009 05:59 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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It makes me wonder exactly how long that dime has been sitting there. Perhaps someone dropped one when they were celebrating the end of the war in Europe. (Hey, It's possible. )
Exactly what I said. I was just on my way back to pick it up when spider grabbed it. |
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Good fortune has run my way recently. The grocery store I go to has a coin star, I sort thru coins take them to the coin star and trade the receipt for more coins. They think it rather funny that I bring coins in and get coins, but hey -it works for me. Got 6 rolls of dimes about three weeks ago and came up with a 1937 Mercury and a 1953 Rosevelt. Then last week I bought bulk 10 lbs of world coins. Got a 1893 Indian head and a 1943 steel cents. I've this Coin Star theory. Times are getting bad and people are dumping jars/cans of coins into Coin Star that have been sitting around for years and roll searchers are getting lucky.
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Posted 02/14/2009 5:31 pm
